Sentence Correction

thephoenix wrote:

anthoj wrote:

balseraph wrote:In the first post there is a mistake, as the variant A appears in the GMAT software without "such"

A: shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes towards children and families, along with

there is no "Such" here. Furthermore, according to the Longman dictionary of english language and

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (see the link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD)

the use of "like" meaning "such as" is correct. So there must be another explanation for ruling out the variant A.

however, i am not sure which could it be

I agree. I picked (A) as well for my answer, which I still don't understand why I was wrong.

when we in The field of GMAT we must obey the rules set by GMAT
like .....is used for comparing two noun
as ......for comparing actions or phrases
such as for qouting examples

and such as is correct idiom
there is nothing like.....such......like

j3nnie wrote:From GMAT prep

Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin.

A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of


[spoiler] : B[/spoiler][/spoiler]

gmatmachoman wrote:my answer is (D)

j3nnie wrote:From GMAT prep

Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperatoin.

A. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with
B. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families and
c. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about
d. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward
e. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those of